Compton STEP
Compton · CA · Compton Unified · Public · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Compton STEP compares for families
What families should know about Compton STEP.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lifeline Education Charter, Compton Unified ROP, Lynwood High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 15 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeline Education Charter Compton |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 253 | +0.8% |
| Compton Unified ROP Compton |
Public | 1.5 | — | — |
| Lynwood High Lynwood |
Public | 2.3 | 1,858 | -4.8% |
| California Academy of Mathematics and Science Carson |
Public | 2.4 | 673 | +0.9% |
| Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center Los Angeles |
Public | 2.5 | 196 | +19.5% |
| Jordan High Long Beach |
Public | 2.8 | 2,272 | -1.9% |
| Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 546 | -5.9% |
| Animo Compton Charter Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 193 | +35.9% |